let down

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verb

1. move something or somebody to a lower position (Freq. 7)
- take down the vase from the shelf
• Syn:
lower, take down, get down, bring down
• Ant:
raise (for: lower)
• Derivationally related forms:
lower (for: lower), lowering (for: lower)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
reef, depress, dip, incline
• Cause:
descend, fall, go down, come down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
- Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage
• Syn:
disappoint
• Derivationally related forms:
letdown, disappointment (for: disappoint)
• Hypernyms:
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil,
cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
• Hyponyms:
fail, betray, fall short, come short, disenchant, disillusion
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to let down Sue